Improvement in glove-fasteners



UNITED STATES LOUIS MEYERS,

PATENT FFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JACOB ADLER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVE-FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,580, dated August5, 1873; application filed June 16, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS MEYERS, a citizen of Germany, residing at thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented an ImprovedGlove-Fastener, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a face view of my improved fastener; Fig. 2, a sectionalview thereof on the line c c, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to provide gloves, mittens, &c., with afastener that can be easily closed and undone by the wearer, and Whoseapplication to the glove will be convenient and not expensive. Theinvention consists in tting a cord through two eyelets on one of theflaps of the glove, and in fastening its ends to the inner side of theother flap, so that by -nally connecting the loop part of such cord to abutton that is attached to the same ap to which the ends of the cord areattached the glove will be rmly and properly closed, while bydisconnecting the cord from such button the flap may be drawn apart tothe extent of half the length of the cord, which will be sufficient toopen the glove for all practical purposes.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter A represents the upper partofthe glove, one

flap, a, having two holes, b b, cut through itl, which holes may belined with eyelets or not, as desired. B is a cord made preferably ofelastic material, and passed through the holes b 1;,and fastened withits ends to the other flap d of the glove. To the same flap d, or atleast to that side of the glove at which such flap is arranged, is alsofastened a button, e, hook, or equivalent projection.

For closing the glove over the wrist it is only necessary to draw thecord B toward the ila-pd and button e, and to place its looped part ordoubled end over such button, whereupon the glove will be entirely andsatisfactorily closed.

For opening the glove it is only necessary to detach the cord from thebutton.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Theglove-fastener, consisting of a cord, B, which is fastened with bothends to one flap of the glove and drawn through holes in the other ap tooperate in combination with the button or holder c, as set forth.

LOUIS MEYERS.

Witnesses:

A. V. BRrEsEN, MICHAEL RYAN.

